Overview
- The Audiencia de Barcelona’s Section 7 entered an acquittal when the injured man, Marjan, failed to appear and remains unlocatable.
- Judges ruled Fundación Arrels could not sustain the case as a popular accuser without explicit consent from the victim to act on his behalf.
- Arrels, which had sought 10 years for attempted homicide with an aporophobia aggravating factor, said the ruling blocks access to justice and will appeal.
- Prosecutors had argued the officer committed no crime, citing self‑defense over an alleged knife threat, and instead pursued a charge against Marjan with a request for medical internment.
- The November 2020 incident on Passeig de Sant Joan left Marjan gravely wounded by a shot to the abdomen, and a separate trial against him for assault on authority remains pending.